Scaeva selenitica
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Scaeva selenitica is a species of hoverfly. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hohe Tauern National Park | 🇦🇹 Austria | |
| 2 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sighting in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 142nd most-seen of the 165 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing in Hohe Tauern National Park on a given day, against under 5% in January–May and August–October, the lowest months. December has too few records to rate.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing sightings, Hohe Tauern National Park has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Pyrénées National Park (France, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Bowed Smoothwing is recorded against all the insects logged in Hohe Tauern National Park (6 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
